Skellingthorpe

Skellingthorpe
St Lawrence's Church
Skellingthorpe Location within Lincolnshire
Population	3,465 (2011)
OS grid reference	SK924719
• London	125 mi (201 km) S
District	North Kesteven
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Lincoln
Postcode district	LN6
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Lincoln
List of places UK England Lincolnshire 53°14′08″N 0°37′07″W / 53.23556°N 0.61861°W / 53.23556; -0.61861

Skellingthorpe is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the village at the 2011 census was 3,465.^[1] It is situated 3 miles (5 km) west of Lincoln, 4 miles (6 km) southeast of Saxilby, 6 miles (10 km) northwest of North Hykeham and 15 miles (24 km) east of Tuxford.

The village of Doddington and Doddington Hall lie 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south-west. Birchwood estate, built in the 1970s on the site of RAF Skellingthorpe, is 1 mile to the south-east.